Side dishes
 

What are you all rocking for side dishes?

We try to keep it clean by eating canned veggies or a salad. I'm looking to change things up a bit, but I should probably keep it pretty healthy.

What's the main course?

I'm a potato guy.

Just in general. I won't be putting Spanish rice with spaghetti but if you've got a good dish I'll try it with what it works with.

we do a lot of steamed veggies, package rice mixes and noodles, a few canned veggies (like VYS Peas), and potatoes.

mac N cheese is my typical go-to.

Or in a pinch just cut up a couple of potatoes, toss with olive oil, rosemary and other spices and bake/broil until they are the color/crispness of your liking.

Bro. Steam or boil (boil takes out most nutrients though) cauliflower until it's soft. Blend that shit up with some "I can't believe its not butter" and eat. Healthy and delicious mash potatoes. Amazing.


TRY IT!!!!!!!

Thought this thread was going to be about side pieces. Shout out to the espys performance.

Green beans amandine.

The Mrs makes brussel sprouts with bacon that are really good. Broccolini is a nice change of pace as well.

Hard to go wrong with broccoli, rice and cheese casserole... and even just broccoli with cheese is fine.

I could eat raw cauliflower and ranch dressing for every meal.

Canned veggies are dead veggies without nutrition, have little flavor and lack color for plating. Fresh or frozen as a second choice. No boiling, but steamed, roasted or sauteed. Par-boil is fine.

Yum!

I like 'em garlicky with 'shrooms or as a salad with tossed diced raw onion and diced fresh tomato. Then toss in olive oil and vinegar.

Sauteed spinach in garlic and finely diced onions is my first choice.
Garlicky green beans n' butter and aauteed Mushrooms—other regular favorites.

I love a variety of veggies as lightly cooked as possible:

Chard lightly steamed
Baby bok choy is also great sauteed
Bok Choy in a stir fry mix
Red Pepper cooked or raw
Asparagus
Butternut squash- baked, add nutmeg
Spaghetti squash with garlic, butter and parmesan ( or with tomatoes or in tomato sauce)
Eggplant
Tomatoes
Zucchini
Summer Squash- especially in my summer squash casserole